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JOHN MIDGLEY, OF PAWVTUQKET, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR OF THREF- FOURTHS TO VVILLIAM'F. SAYLEB, FREDERICK O. SAYLER, AND WILLIAM HALL, ALL OF SAME PLACE.

WOOL-COMBING MACHINE.

PEClll-ICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,195, dated October 27, 1885. Application filed March 16, 1885. Serial No. 159,0?5. (X0 model. i

it all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN MIDGLEY, a subject of the Queen of England, now a resident of Pawtucket, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wool-Combing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to wool-con1bing machines; and it consists of means for more perfectly gathering the beard or overlapping wool from the combs.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a partial plan of a wool-combing machine with rolls in section, and showing the relative position of my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through the drawing-off rolls and through the taker-in thereto attached. Fig. 3 shows in partial elevation the upright rolls that draw in the sliver, also part of the movable apron,

other parts of said drawing-off rolls and movable apron being broken away from the parts shown, said Fig. 3 also showing how my invention is or may be supported in its place. Fig. 4 is a side view showing one of the drawing-rolls, and my invention broken away, the slotted plate, the angle-shaped plate to which it is fastened, and upon which it is made adjustable by means of the bolt and nut shown, said figure also showing frame-work t. Fig. 5 is a detached view of a part of the device, showing detail of the plate at its top with its central slot, B, and also showing detail of the angle-shaped plate aforesaid. Fig. 6 shows the device without an exterior cylinder and attached directly to the frame of the rolls without the plate above mentioned. Fig. 7 shows an alternative way of holding the rod or spindle, in which its ends are tapped and fitted into socket-plates, one at the upper and secured to the upper frame of the rolls, as shown, the other attached to the under framepiece, A, which forms the support and bearing for said rolls.

' a a are the drawing-off rolls.

B indicates, generally, my device aforesaid and its relation to said rolls and to the large and smaller combs d e f. The endless aprons commonly used are shown at c c c.

g h t 70 show'the usual parts of the machine for delivering the wool when combed and cleaned.

The arrows indicate the direction of the revolution of the comb.

My said invention (indicated generally by 6) consists in placing a slender rod or shaft near to and between the drawing-off rolls and the edges of the combs. This shaft or rod may be made of wood, metal, or other suitable material, and, if desired, have the exterior cyl- 6 inder, n, to avoid any possible friction with the moving sliver; but I prefer to make the device without this cylinder in ordinary grades of work. If the cylinder be used, it may be supported on the shaft by the under screw 6 head or nut, 0. The rod or shaft may be rigidly hung from the'frame of the drawing-01f rolls by means of the screws 12 o and projected downward between said rolls and the edges of the combs. I have preferred to hang the rod from above, and have placed a slotted plate on its top, (indicated at 1",) and by means of the threaded bolt to and nut 31 have fastened said slotted plate to an angle shaped plate secured to the frame-work by the screws o o. In this way the rod or spindle may be adjusted nearer to or farther from the rolls and edges of the combs, as desired, by loosening the nut y and moving the spindle or shaft forward or backward by means of the slot in the top plate, r. Instead of the above, the rod or shaft might have tapering ends fitted into socket-plates projecting from or fastened to the upper and under parts of the frame-work aforesaid as a means for holding said shaft or rod in the required position. The lines 0000 show the wool in the comb, and z z the overlapping beard which it is the province of the drawing off rolls to gather in. t

To assist and more perfectly accomplish the gathering in of this overlapping beard is the object of my invention, and for this purpose it is inserted and supported between the drawing-off rolls and the edges of the combs, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, its actual operation being better illustrated in Fig. 2, where the exterior cylinder, a, is adjusted so near the edge of the comb that all the ends of the wool projecting over the edge are taken up and directed upon the endless apron c and to and between the drawing-off rolls ac. The cylinder n, fitting loosely on the shaft or spindle m, turns thereon and moves with the wool gathered from the comb, thus avoiding all friction with and injury to the wool so taken up and conducted as aforesaid.

The use of my invention, as above described, will effect a large saving of the wool combed, as it secures the drawing off of all that overlaps the edges of the combs,and none is wasted.

I have used myinvention on what is known as the Noble comb, a full description of which is contained in the specification and drawings forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,165, issued to myself and others on the 18th day of March, 1884, to which reference is hereby made for description of the several parts of a wool-combing machine; but my device may also be applied to the other kinds of worsted-combing machines commonly used.

I do not confine myself to the exact form of construction, nor to the exact manner of application hereinbefore mentioned; but

What I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with 'the combs and drawing-off' rolls of a wool-combing machine, of a rod or spindle supported between said rolls and combs, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN MIDGLEY.

WVitnesses:

WILLIAM HALL, THOS. P. BARNEFIELD.

It is hereby certified that the names of the first two assignees in Letters Patent No. 329,195, granted October 27, 1885, upon the application of John Midgley, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, for an improt'ement in Wool-Combing Machines, were erroneously Written and printed William F. Sayler and Frederick G. Saylerg that the names of said assignees should have been Written and printed William F. Sayles and Frederick 0. Sayles and that said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 8th day of December, A. D. 1885.

[SEAL.] I H. L. MULDROW,

Acting Secretary of 'the Interior.

Oountersigned:

' M. V. MONTGOMERY,

Commissioner of Patents. 

